Posts Tagged "myanmar"

In January, I traveled to Myanmar (also known as Burma) for a 12-day trip. Myanmar is a controversial country and while travel is extremely safe and pleasant, the country’s image still suffers from bad reputation. But Burma is the crown jewel of Southeast Asia. It’s the second largest country by landmass in Southeast Asia and one of the least visited. In 2013, a little over 2 millions tourists went to Myanmar, compared to 26 millions that went to Thailand. The Myanmar government is trying to encourage tourism and the number of tourists is increasing drastically. The year before, in 2012, only one million tourists went to Myanmar. Knowing this, I was very interested in visiting Myanmar sooner rather than later. The trip was organized by Insider...

Our trip to Burma is winding down. It was an amazing experience, this country is really a photographic wonderland. My friend QT Luong summarized it well: “Burma will spoil any of your future southeast Asia travel experiences”. In 14 days, I shoot more than 3500 images. Last night we had our group photo sharing session where I show the pictures below: Supa Pagoda in Yangon. Hot air balloons at sunrise over Bagan Capuccino in Burma Portrait of a novice monk. Young novice monks in a temple (Bagan) Burmanese umbrella Sunrise over Bagan’s temples. Golden buddah Ceremony in Mandalay Mandalay fort at sunrise Alm offering in yangon. Inke Lake fisherman Woman ferrying people across a small stream in Yangon Hide and seek monk One of the many Bagan temple...

Mingalaba from Burma (Hello from Burma). I have been in Burma for 10 days now, it’s an amazing country. You have Pagodas, buddhas and monks at every corner. We saw every sunrise and sunset since we got there. We are having fun while filling up our compact flash cards… See you soon! (or not :-).